msp
mar 14
2008

Dear Jonny

Several months ago, my pal Steve did an interview with Diablo Cody in a Minneapolis magazine. Somewhat famously (to Minnesotans), he asked when Diablo was going to dump her husband, Jonny. It was a joke. Except Diablo sorta blew up at him. And, well, you saw this coming: they filed for divorce a month later. Awkward! But now Steve has broken the news that Jonny is engaged to a new girl, who was friends with Diablo. (Meta-disclaimer: it's incestuous city -- pretty much everyone in this post knows each other. Which is why only 2% of you probably care.) [via]
46 comments

Can we vote for no more Diablo Cody stories? :(

posted by sassypants at 2008-03-13 23:08:30

I agree. I mean, are you sure we can afford to divert any of our julia allison resources right now? <br /><br /> <br /><br /> I mean, I realize that we're too "incestuous" to add anything from up here in the Emerald City anyway. (Shakes head. Turns country music station up.)

posted by stephenhero at 2008-03-13 23:09:35

Only if you're from Minneapolis.<br /><br />

posted by Rex at 2008-03-13 23:09:43

Go crank your Jayhawks albums, bud.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> ;)<br /><br />

posted by Rex at 2008-03-13 23:14:28

And you made me feel so...bluuuuuuue.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Goddam you clever city boys!

posted by stephenhero at 2008-03-13 23:17:59

I am Jonny's 5th wife.

posted by marrina at 2008-03-14 01:04:20

Jonny's a lover. I've never been married, so he's making up for people like me.

posted by Max "Bunny" Sparber at 2008-03-14 01:29:02

I <em>am</em> from Minneapolis, which probably makes me more tired of hearing about her than most!

posted by sassypants at 2008-03-14 02:05:06

Not only do we all know each other, we're all related and have been have intimate encounters for years. Smooch Smooch Max.

posted by taulpaul at 2008-03-14 10:27:16

My favorite part of the morning is the kisses from TaulPaul. That's probably why we're all so steamed at Diablo. We used to all wake up in the same bed on our hippie farming collective, watch Steve and Sharon, hug for a while, and then head out to gather the honey or make seed art. Now there is a place in our giant bed that Diablo used to fill, and she's gone, she's gone.

posted by Max "Bunny" Sparber at 2008-03-14 11:19:39

You could chase her to LA, ya know. There's already a couple Minnesotans on her coattails there...

posted by Rex at 2008-03-14 11:31:16

Uh-oh. All the other non-Minneapolis posts are all cool and laconic with "0" or "1" comments. I think we're breachin' some kinda New York etiquette here by carin' so much, everybody. So can we all please shut up? God, why am I always stuck with you rubes? You're always embarrassin' me. I hate you, Minneapolis. I hate you.

posted by stephenhero at 2008-03-14 11:34:21

Is there a market for seed art in LA?

posted by Max "Bunny" Sparber at 2008-03-14 11:39:44

Wait, what? Which Minneasotans are on Diablo's coattails? I can make coffee too! And my license is valid. I have good White Bear Lake-taste--I can pick out animal prints on Rodeo. <br /><br /> <br /><br /> Who are these people, Rex? Gimme names.

posted by stephenhero at 2008-03-14 11:40:46

Hey, I'm just glad we're all still alive. When Melinda Jacobs got a blog, I thought the universe was going to implode, fo sho.

posted by taulpaul at 2008-03-14 11:44:02

I thought Marisa's pilgrimage pre-dated Brooke's.

posted by taulpaul at 2008-03-14 11:46:14

I'm not naming names... nor am I begrudging them... <br /><br /> <br /><br /> (I also hear a rumor about who she's dating now and I'm not telling that either! Hahaha, I believe in secrecy still... how quaint!)<br /><br />

posted by Rex at 2008-03-14 11:46:24

Who is Melinda Jacobs? The only person I care about is someone named Sarah Lacey. You know, like normal people.

posted by stephenhero at 2008-03-14 11:47:17

Oh, whatever, Rex. I am so twittering you right now.

posted by stephenhero at 2008-03-14 11:49:10

I think we should come here every Friday, and take over...you know...to help Rex remember the little people.

posted by taulpaul at 2008-03-14 11:51:03

Deep down, Rex knows we're still the cool kids. I mean, if the Gawker people are cool for being "outside the establishment," how much more outside can you get than us? <br /><br /> <br /><br /> Minneapolis, I'd like to sing you a song: Du du du du du du dudu, I don't see what anyone can see, In anyone else but you.

posted by stephenhero at 2008-03-14 11:56:29

Deep down? C'mon, I'm Minneapolis' greatest propagandist! I'm still on a mission to get Melissa and Chuck and all the other expats to move back and take over a bar or something. Or maybe we'll buy <em>The Rake</em>. Hahahaha!<br /><br /> <br /><br /> (Steve, I have no idea why you're not a NYC blogger. Seriously, your style is better than most of these coasties...)<br /><br />

posted by Rex at 2008-03-14 12:01:47

Really? Really?!? (Clasps hands together like Minnesota's own Judy Garland.) Why do you think I've been trying so hard on this thread? I'll tell you why: I've been hoping Nick Denton will see this, swoop me up, hand me $25,000 and put me in a bikini in Williamsburg by this weekend! <br /><br /> <br /><br /> Hopefully Sunday, so I can see the Faux Jean reunion first.

posted by stephenhero at 2008-03-14 12:06:34

Are you saying Diablo Cody is dating MARK MALLMAN?!?

posted by chuck at 2008-03-14 12:06:54

too late. I hear NoDo already claimed you.

posted by taulpaul at 2008-03-14 12:10:13

Everybody in Minneapolis and New York should switch places for a couple of years. Of course, then the people in Minneapolis will start behaving like there is no world outside Minneapolis, and everybody in New York will wonder why they can't be as cool as the people in Minneapolis.

posted by Max "Bunny" Sparber at 2008-03-14 12:14:42

Max, that idea is so downtown.

posted by stephenhero at 2008-03-14 12:20:55

Do they have Culvers in NY. Then maybe.

posted by taulpaul at 2008-03-14 12:21:38

Culvers is a Wisconsin thing, Paul. Don't blow this thread for us with your bullshit Midwestern self-deprecating humor.

posted by stephenhero at 2008-03-14 12:24:28

Culvers does make a hell of a root beer, though.

posted by Max "Bunny" Sparber at 2008-03-14 12:26:48

You have to admit this post is getting way more action than the Torture Puppy post.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Denton won't want you unless you wax "down there".

posted by taulpaul at 2008-03-14 12:40:41

You invited me to this kinda late, didntcha? People, I brought bars.

posted by alexis at 2008-03-14 12:50:46

And magnets!

posted by Max "Bunny" Sparber at 2008-03-14 13:13:11

Fuck yeah I brought magnets!

posted by alexis at 2008-03-14 13:25:11

We're totally going to get kicked out.

posted by stephenhero at 2008-03-14 13:26:20

Lunch lasts too long in NYC. Pshit like this happens when I leave.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> I wax all over, but I still have no interest in that gig. A year ago, maybe.<br /><br />

posted by Rex at 2008-03-14 14:40:39

Fag.

posted by stephenhero at 2008-03-14 15:14:16

Polished nards are so magnets!

posted by taulpaul at 2008-03-14 15:27:43

Marsh, you going to Johan's b-day tonight?

posted by taulpaul at 2008-03-14 16:12:02

Yeah, I'm still waiting for a MXMW review. MN love? sheesh.

posted by taulpaul at 2008-03-14 16:44:03

So what are you up to this weekend Max?

posted by taulpaul at 2008-03-14 17:31:12

Entertaining family, blogging, maybe hitting up the gospel brunch with richg, making seed art.

posted by Max "Bunny" Sparber at 2008-03-14 19:27:24

Sounds fun. We're heading to soundBar tonight, then a CD release party for a friend tomorrow. Finally, the adults get to go out and have fun.

posted by taulpaul at 2008-03-14 20:03:09

This is nice, Paul; we don't say hi to each other enough. We should wing by Rex's blog all the time to just catch up.

posted by Max "Bunny" Sparber at 2008-03-15 00:04:24

Sounds like a plan. I'd say we pick a post and take it over every Friday.

posted by taulpaul at 2008-03-15 17:24:37

I think this is how Gawker took off.

posted by Rex at 2008-03-15 17:26:28